Close to 1,500 workers voted in favour of union representation at the auto parts manufacturer. The company has a workforce of 5,000, of whom more than fifty per cent are agency-hired and non-regular.The fight for union recognition at Furukawa was...
Pro refuses to agree to the cuts and 3,000 members across the industry have been on an indefinite overtime ban since Tuesday 9 January. The white-collar workers will conduct a full one-week strike starting at 6am on 17 January. The...
12.01.2018 11 union representatives of the Volkswagen Employees’ Union in Pune, India, have gone on hunger strike, protesting against the employer's plans to introduce a new remuneration scheme that includes a performance-related wage component. The current bargaining round started at...
The Manitoba Government’s proposal to introduce a shared-risk target-benefit pension plan model in Manitoba raises concerns. “The Pallister government’s pension plan review has the potential to substantially change the way pension plans are funded and managed, and could undermine the retirement...
Iranian education union leader Esmail Abdi released on furlough Topics in this post: Education International has been notified that Tehran teacher union leader Esmail Abdi was released on furlough from Evin prison on 9 January, a temporary reprieve from his...
The industrial action started on Monday 8 January with a round of warning strikes – short actions where workers down tools for a number of hours, and take to the streets to demonstrate. About 160,000 workers took action at more...
Saskatoon Public Schools are facing an increasingly dire situation in the wake of the Sask Party budget cuts. Despite an increase of 511 students this school year and the opening of four new schools, the school division had its budget cut...
CUPE Local 1190, representing New Brunswick Highway workers, held a news conference today urging the Transportation Minister to overhaul the Department’s snow removal program. “Last week’s weather bomb gave citizens a clear picture of the current difficulties plaguing the Winter Maintenance...
The company gave no reason for its radical reversal from the commitment to sign a global framework agreement, which was announced and approved by the Annual shareholders meeting in 2017. LafargeHolcim simply cites the change of its business strategy with...
The Kurdistan Teachers’ Union in Iraq was quick to support colleagues and the education system in eastern and southern Iraq after its devastation by an earthquake late last year. On 13 November, a devastating earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter...
The International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI) was formed in 1999 in Toronto-Canada and formally announced its formation in January 2000. In nearly two decades of continuous activism, we have played an impactful role in securing international support for Iranian workers’ struggles against the Islamic Republic of Iran, employers, and the inhumane conditions the capitalist order has imposed on working-class lives in Iran. During these years, our politics and the foundational basis guiding our activism have been predicated on working-class traditions with an uncompromising emphasis on working-class independence and autonomy.